934 search results for “early modern human” in the Student website
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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Jip BarreveldFaculty of Archaeology
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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Sustainable Humanities Internship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Sustainable Humanities Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Humanities Career Event 2026
Conference
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Social Sciences & Humanities Labs
The Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) Labs at Leiden University are where innovative behavioural science research takes place in the domains of psychology, digital technology, language and the development of children and adolescents. We are always looking for participants for various research studi…
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Humanities Thesis Seminar
Are you a BA student writing your thesis in the first semester of 2025-2026? Does your course program not offer a thesis seminar? Come and participate in the Humanities Thesis Seminar, provided by the Writing Lab!
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Humanities Career Event
Career and apply for jobs
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Rik SchalbroeckFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Humanities PhD Symposium 2026
Conference, Symposium
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Humanities Buddy Programme
Moving to Leiden for your (Pre-)Master’s at Leiden University? Feeling a little nervous? Don’t worry—we’ve got your back! The Humanities Buddy Programme is here to help you settle in, make friends, and explore your new home with ease. Whether you’re new to the Netherlands or just want to connect with…
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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In early modern England, children were sold to the highest bidder: 'This was presented as a care system'
Children who lost their fathers in early modern England ran the risk of being sold to the highest bidder. Although Shakespeare wrote about it in his plays, the practice disappeared from collective memory for a long time. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers is bringing it back to light in a new Vidi research…
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Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe
Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southern France.
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Jelmar HugenFaculty of Humanities
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
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Hans JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Pim van der HelmFaculty of Humanities
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Yasasmala WidyalankaraFaculty of Humanities
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How do you find your way as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker?
How do you find your was as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker?
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Travis BowmanFaculty of Humanities
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 2026
Conference
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Bernhard RiegerFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year
Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Joanne MouthaanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wim TiggesStudent and Educational Support
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants
The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence for the cultivation of domesticated plants by early groups and a lower degree of mobility…
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander VerpoorteFaculty of Archaeology
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Writing Lab Humanities: Leiden & The Hague
The Writing Lab helps students become better academic writers. Our coaches can support you at all stages of the writing process, whether you are just starting out and want help with your planning, revision and/or outlining, or whether you are already writing a text and want to improve its structure,…
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New core curriculum course: Humanities in a Digital World
Education
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Leonie VreekeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture
In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities